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“He will help us this year,” Harbaugh said in August. “He’ll help us win games. He’s climbing up the depth chart at the fullback position. He’s made to be a fullback. Just real excited to watch him. Every day you just get excited to watch him come play.”

Mason described playing fullback as “having that mentality to give up your body for the team.”

While Mason is a man of few words, he tends to deliver them with intensity.

Asked about watching Michigan State this week during the bye, Mason said: “Yeah, we will. We’ll watch. Watch plenty of film.”

He called playing Michigan State “a big rivalry.’

“You hear all about it,’ Mason said. “If you’re a college football fan, that’s a game that you’re going to watch, no matter what you’re doing. I’m just very excited to see what it’s all about and make an imprint on the game.”

Mason said he was told the game will be “nothing you’ve ever experienced.”

Even though Mason has only played a handful of college games, he said he considered himself a veteran because “I’m not afraid of anything."

Asked about his personality, Mason said: “Yeah, I think I’m a different guy.”

How so? “I don’t know,” he said. “You gotta be a different to play fullback. Not a lot of guys are willing to put their body out there the way that a fullback has to.”

Senior defensive end Chase Winovich is also considered a unique personality and Mason said they are friends.

“He’s very enthusiastic about what he does,” Mason said. “You see him on the field, running all over the place making plays all the time.”

Asked about the identity of Michigan's offense, Mason said what you’d expect an intense fullback to say.

“I think we’re a smashmouth football team,” Mason said. “We want to run the ball downhill. So, we’re just an aggressive group. We’re very athletic too.

“It’s right where I want to be. Like I said, anything I can do to help the team, I’m willing to do.”